“Those who have been lost will always be remembered and loved by their families. Street naming will be a chance for their names to live publicly and forever.”

The plan would involve the naming of new roads on developments as well as re-naming existing streets.

Local residents in the streets involved would also be consulted before the name was changed, under the scheme.

Mr Murphy said the initial focus would be on those who died in Afghanistan, although other conflicts could also be included in future.

“Some of the names of streets are puzzling, they’re named after flowers and abstract things,” he said. “I think it’s more poignant to name a street after someone who’s lost their life in Afghanistan than a flower from a foreign desert.”

He said letters would be going to councils run by all parties, because the issue of remembering war dead should be beyond political concerns.